Name: lossy compression

Synonyms: lossy compression, lossy compression method, lossy

Type: glossary

Description:
A type of <compress|compression> technique, used for pictures, that
discards some of the data in order to <compress> it better. The
compression used to store <JPEG> <file|files> is lossy.

References: compress (glossary), file (glossary), JPEG (glossary)

Tags: multimedia

